The mythical ‘refugee crisis’
The Government claims that the UK has resettled more refugees that any other EU country. However, this figure only refers to a limited, specific UN resettlement scheme and only represents six
Email campaign to deter airlines from providing Rwanda flights
Freedom from Torture, a campaigning charity, is urging people to email airlines who may be prepared to provide Rwanda deportation flights. A previous emailing campaign encouraged flight companies Privilege Style
Show compassion to ‘economic migrants,’ urges Catholic writer.
Writer Anne Booth has described in the Catholic magazine, The Tablet, how her parents, both economic migrants, came over from Ireland in the 1950s to work in England. Her mother
Braverman’s ‘invasion’ claim is dubious, experts say
Suella Braverman’s claim in her recent parliamentary statement that the south coast of England is being invaded by asylum seekers has caused consternation. Her choice of language has attracted widespread
Government complicit with inhumane conditions at Manston, MP suggests
A Conservative MP has attacked the government for ‘a breach of humane conditions’ at Manston, a processing centre for asylum seekers. In an interview on the BBC’s Today programme,
‘Stop Rwanda’ protest in Dorset
Campaigners from several Poole churches gathered at Sandbanks beach on 29th October, urging the government to drop its scheme deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda. Protestors launched heart-shaped paper aeroplanes
Disquiet at Braverman’s return as home secretary
Six days after her resignation because of major security breaches and contravention of the ministerial code, Suella Braverman has been reappointed as home office minister by the new PM, Rishi
Stop Rwanda Group- demonstration at Sandbanks, 29.10.2022.
Members of Dorset churches are meeting near the Sandbanks car park to release paper heart-aeroplanes to fill the sky with hope and express their opposition to the Rwanda scheme. The
Labour would scrap Rwanda scheme and Braverman resigns
Keir Starmer has confirmed that a Labour government would scrap the Rwanda scheme. This follows the resignation of the home secretary, Suella Braverman, who attracted controversy by saying that it
Looking for practical help?
For further information and support, try these websites:
Safe Passage is concerned with refugee and asylum-seeking children:
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network:
There are also many local groups and councils offering specific support to hosts of Ukranians and other refugees.
In Bournemouth, for instance, the International Care Network supports refugees and asylum seekers in the Bournemouth/Poole area, including language classes and ‘befriending’ schemes.
In north-west London, Families4Peace is offering support to Ukranian refugees and their hosts.
About me
I am a writer and former journalist who volunteers with a refugee charity.
I am convinced that, as a country, we need to welcome refugees. My inspiration comes from my godmother, Trudi Eulenburg, who was granted shelter in the UK from Nazi Germany as a teenager in 1939.